Pages

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

{Clean Eating Kid Meals & Snacks}

I get asked all of the time.....What do your kids eat???

I thought I would share with you guys my kids favorite meals/snacks to give you guys some ideas for what to make for your little ones. I know trying to get your kids to eat healthy is a struggle. I try to be very relaxed about my kids meals during the day. I don't really have them on an eating "schedule." I would prefer that they eat when they feel hungry and learn to listen to their bodies when it comes to that.

I don't necessarily make separate dinners for my kids either. If I am cooking something I think is reasonable for them to like (not spicy, etc) than I will serve them up a plate for dinner and if they are hungry...they will eat it. I don't care if they clean their plate or eat half or take one bite or two. If they are hungry....they eat! There are a lot of nights when my husband is working late and I don't really have a big meal to cook...so I let them tell me what they want to eat and I make it for them. Nothing fancy....maybe a sandwich or a fruit and cheese plate. I just don't stress about their eats. Eating healthy shouldn't be stressful or a punishment. My house is packed full of nothing but healthy food options so whatever they eat...I know it is good for them.

**Just a note....my kids eat far from perfect. During the week....while we are at home....we eat tons of healthy foods with water or organic milk. If on the weekends, at a cookout or restaurant with the family, they want chocolate milk and non-organic mac and cheese...I don't care! If grandma wants to give them candy or ice cream while they are playing at her house...I don't care. I focus on feeding them great quality food 90% of the time and the other 10% is left to them being kids and enjoying all of the treats that I used to enjoy as a kid.

**For reference...my kids are 3 and almost 6 years old.

Favorite breakfasts:

Chocolate Oatmeal (My kids FAVORITE breakfast)

Chocolate Oatmeal: My basic microwave oatmeal recipe with some cocoa powder thrown in. They both absolutely love this and eat it most of the time.

Siggy's Yogurt Tubes: A lot of yogurt tubes have Carageenan in them and I try to stay away from that. Siggys yogurt tubes have only a few ingredients and my kids love the blueberry. These are great for on-the-go or to pack in lunchboxes.

Organic cheese sticks: Great for a quick snack with some baby carrots or an apple

Bars: I think it is really hard to find a granola bar that has great ingredients in them and not a ton of sugar for my kids. I like making the 5 ingredient Sunflower Granola Bar because it is SO easy and my kids love these!

Snacky dinner: fruit, veggies, cheese toast, cheese cubes, nitrate free ham slices, applesauce (I really just open up the fridge and just grab anything that needs to be used up!

Peanut Butter and Jelly: My daughter is not a fan of pb&j but my son LOVES peanut butter sandwiches. I use organic strawberry preserves for the jelly part.

Anything I cook for myself: I like to try out a lot of new recipes. When I serve it to them, I just break it apart the meat, chop up some veggies, add in some chopped avocado and maybe a little fruit on the side. Simple enough! I call every meat chicken because they know they like chicken...ha! Sometimes I make fancy names to excite them about what I am making. It works!

Kid drinks:

Organic Whole Milk

Organic Whole Milk: My kids love milk and I always buy organic. Whole milk is less processed so I always stick for the full fat stuff!

Water: Milk and water are pretty much the only options for drinks in my house and luckily...my kids are fine with that.

Honest Kids: When I need something portable and a treat....Honest Kids Berry Lemonade is my fave and they love it!

Smoothies: I make protein shakes or smoothies every day for myself and my kids beg for me to make one for them. Their favorite is my Almond Butter Banana Green Monster Smoothie. Smoothies are a very easy way to get spinach into your kids!

DISCLOSURE: Some of my posts contain affiliate links. The cost of the product is the same but I may receive a small compensation through the links. Don't worry...I would never recommend anything that I don't 100% love and use myself!

About Me

Hi!! I'm Ashley! Mom of three, Registered Nurse, Semi-foodie, Photog Hobbyist, 90 % Stay-at-Home Mom from Charlotte, NC, who found a new love eating clean and working out!! Whole Foods New Body is all about my journey to changing my body while eating REAL food that I love!! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Privacy Policy for WholeFoodsNewBody.com
The privacy of our visitors to WholeFoodsNewBody.com is important to us.
At WholeFoodsNewBody.com, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit WholeFoodsNewBody.com, and how we safeguard your information. We never sell your personal information to third parties.
Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.
Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums.
We also use third party advertisements on WholeFoodsNewBody.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).
You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
AdSense Privacy Policy Provided by JenSense